Cuspidor carrier and dumper.



No. 887,213. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

' G. MOLITOR.

CUSPIDOR CARRIER AND DUMPER. APPLICATION IEILED AUG. 9, 1991.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

CORNELIUS MOLITOR, OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CUSPIDOR CARRIER AND .DUMPER.

Application filed August 9, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS MOLITOR, a citizen of the United States,and resident of South Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CuspidorCarriers and Dumpers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to facilitate handling and cleaning ofcuspidors, said invention consisting in what is herein shown, describedand claimed.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of a cuspidorcarrier and dumper in accordance with my invention.

Referring by letter to the drawing, 1) inclicates each of a pair ofhorizontal yokes, c an intermediate supporting bow, (Z a bail and e atubular handle on the bail. The yokes, bow and bail aforesaid are theresult of suitable bending of a single stiff wire of suflicient length,its ends being lapped midway of the horizontal upper portion of saidbail where they extend through the handle a and are turned inward atright-angles to form stops fthat serve to prevent said handle fromslipping out of the grasp of the operator when the device as a whole isoverbalanced in either direction longitudinally of the same. Afiller-wire g has drive-fit in the handle against the lapping portionsof the aforesaid bail. The main wire aforesaid is also bent to form eyesit at the inner sides of the yokes on a plane ap roximately parallel tothe upper horizonta portion of the bail, and engaging these eyes arepintle-stretches i of another single-wire bent to form a tilt-yoke j,and handle loops it between the yokes aforesaid, said tilt-yoke beingopen in a direction opposite that of the others, stretches m of thehinged wire parallel to its pintle-stretches i extend under adjacentstretches of the main wire to limit upward movement of the tiltyoke, thenormal position of this yoke being approximately horizontal, and theends n of said hinged-wire are bent on loop-stretches of the same.

In practice, a cuspidor may be readily caught by the neck in each of theaforesaid loops and carried to wherever it is desirable to clean thesame. The carrier is then disengaged from all but the cuspidor supportedby the tilt-yoke 7', this remaining cuspidor is suspended in a bucket orother suitable re.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Serial No. 387,802.

ceptacle by resting the yokes b and bow c of the carrier on the rim ofsaid receptacle. By an up swing of the handle loops is, the cuspidor isturned over to dump its contents, and being returned mouth upward it maybe thoroughly cleaned, dumping of the same occurring as often as may benecessary. One cuspidor having been treated as aforesaid it is removedfrom the tilt-yoke and the others successively treated in a like manner,after which all are suspended in the carrier and returned to the placefrom which they were collected.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the main-wire, with orwithout the yokes b and bail d, constitutes a support for the other wirein tilting connection therewith and which is bent to form a yoke andhandles. It will also be understood that the dumping device may beomitted as a portion of the carrier, but it is preferable to combine thetwo as herein shown.

I claim:

1. A support adapted to rest upon the rim of a receptacle such as abucket, a tilt-yoke journaled in connection with the support to swingwithin the confines of same, and stops with which the yoke is providedin opposition to the under portion of said support, said yoke beingengageable with the neck of a cuspidor.

2. A support adapted to rest upon the rim of a receptacle such as abucket, a bail in connection with the support, a tilt-yoke j ournaled inconnection with said support to swing within the confines of same, andstops with which the yoke is provided in opposition to the under portionof the aforesaid support, said yoke being engageable with the neck of acuspidor.

A combined cuspidor carrier and dumper comprising a bail, a plurality ofhorizontal yokes and an intermediate bow in conjunction with the bail,and a normally horizontal tilt-yoke within the confines of said bow, allof said yokes being for engagement with the necks of cuspidors.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS MOLITOR.

Witnesses:

LORENZ HUHN, N. E. OLIPHANT.

